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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pragmatism Section II (Lectures V-VIII).

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What position does James describe as being based on principles of intellectualism and idealism?
(a) Empiricist.
(b) Monist.
(c) Pluralist.
(d) Rationalist.

2. Humans react in what way to new information, according to James?
(a) They are comforted by new information.
(b) They are angry at new information.
(c) They are wary of new information.
(d) They are accepting of new information.

3. According to James, noetic pluralism indicates which of the following?
(a) A god might have once existed.
(b) A god could never have existed.
(c) A god might not be all-knowing.
(d) A god might not exist.

4. James claims that religion is in line with which of the following?
(a) Rationalism.
(b) Instinct.
(c) Individual simplicity.
(d) Moral simplicity.

5. James suggests that the experience of evil is necessary from an existential viewpoint to access deep levels of which of the following?
(a) Lies.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Depression.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does James describe as the champion's abstraction?

2. What does James use as an example to explain the significance of substance?

3. According to James, the more dramatic examples of conversion tend to be which of the following?

4. Who wrote the poem "To You"?

5. Lecture VII relates which of the following to pragmatism?

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